Pomona village trustee Rita Louie, left, and activist Steven Harris stand next to a drain that is filled with debris Friday on Thiells-Mount Ivy Road.

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Nearly 1,000 people have signed a petition urging officials to make Thiells-Mount Ivy Road safer.

"There's no shoulders to pull over. The road is too small," said Steven Harris, 47, one of the petition organizers, adding that the road's insufficient lighting, improper drainage systems and lack of sidewalks have also contributed to dangerous conditions for drivers and pedestrians.

The community movement was prompted by the death of Anthony Amoros, a 2012 North Rockland High School graduate who was fatally injured in a car accident on Thiells-Mount Ivy Road in January. ...